Polkville Bentonite District

Producer in Smith county in Mississippi, United States with commodity Bentonite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10306982
Record type Site
Current site name Polkville Bentonite District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -89.51673, 32.11684 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Smith(county)

Mississippi(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Raleigh(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Forest(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Meridian(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Leaf(hydrologic unit)

Pascagoula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Pascagoula(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bienville National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

National Forests in Mississippi(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Mississippi Smith

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Montmorillonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -89.51673, 32.11684

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Knox, S.C., Mccarley, K., 1997, Mississippi Department Of Environmental Quality, Office Of Geology, Surface Mining Permits, Open-File Report 65.Knox, S.C., Mccarley, K., 1997, Mississippi Department Of Environmental Quality, Office Of Geology, Surface Mining Permits, Open-File Report 65.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Engelhard Corp.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 01-DEC-2002 Woodruff, L.G. U.S. Geological Survey Entered County
Reporter 11-DEC-1998 Thompson, David E. Mississippi Office of Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.